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OIL CAN AND PUMP COMBINED.

No. 332,108. Patented Dec. 8,1885.

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OIL CAN AND PUMP COMBINED.

NO.33Z,108.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MAROIUS O. RICHARDS, OF AURORA, AND JULIUS F.-RIOHARDS, OF OSWEGO,ILLINOIS.

on. CAN AND PUMP COMBINED.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 332,108, dated December8, 1885.

Application filed July 6, 1885. Serial No. 170.714. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MARcIUs O. Bron- ARDS, residing at Aurora, Kanecounty, Illinois, and JULIUS F. RICHARDS, residing at Oswego, in thecounty of Kendall and State of Illinois, and citizens of the UnitedStates, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oil Cans and PumpsCombined, of which the following is a full description, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation,some parts be ing broken away. Fig. 2 is a top view, the cover beingopen. Fig. 3 is a section at line 00 of Fig. 1, looking down. Fig. 4 isa vertical section at line so of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a detail showing thevalve-chamber in elevation, a portion being broken away to show theinterior. Fig. 6 is a horizontal section at line a: of Fig. 5, lookingdown. Fig. 7v is a horizontal sect-ion at line 3 of Fig. 5, lookingdown. Figs. 8 and 9 are details. Fig. 1 is a modification. Figs. 6 to 9,inclusive, are enlarged.

The leading object of our invention is to provide an extensiondelivery-tube, to be used as a part of the pump of an oil-can, such tubeof peculiar construction to prevent overflow of the fluid as the tube israised, which we accomplish as illustrated in the drawings.

That which we claim as new will be pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, A is a can, of any suitable size, holding, say, fromone to ten gallons.

B is a valve-chamber, located near the bottom of the oil-can, andsupported by short legs or nibs a, to permit oil to pass beneath it, asshown in Figs. 1, 4., and 5. This valvechamber, as shown, is held inplace between two posts, b b, and by means of a cross-rod, 0, passingthrough the posts and over the top of the chamber B. (See Figs. 1 and3.)

d is a vertical partition extending from a point very near the center ofthe chamber B to the side wall thereof.

6 is a piece of sheet metal, of the form shown in Figs. 6 and 8, andsecured to the top of the partition (1.

f are two flanges extending up from the two straight sides of the part6.

The parts d e f are to be firmly secured in place in the valve-chamberby soldering the proper parts to the bottom and side wall thereof.

9g are two inlet "alves, arranged in the bottom of the valve-chamber,one on each side of the partition d and near to it.

h h are two valves in the part c.

O is a rotating valve, secured at one end to the rod D. As shown, thisvalve consists of a piece of leather, i, secured between the twoleavesjj of a piece of sheet metal, whichis soldered to the rod D. Thisvalve 0 fills the space between the partition (Z and the wall of thechamber B, and extends from the bottom to the top thereof. 7 k is thecover of the valve-chamber, which is secured in place after the partscontained in the chamber have been properly placed therein. The rod Dpasses up through a hole in the top k of the chamber, and its lower endis inserted in a hole in the bottom of the chamber.

E is the fixed part of a delivery-tube, secured in an opening in the topof the valvechamber, directly over the partition (2, the lower end ofsuch delivery-tube opening into the small chamber L, above thehorizontal partition 6, which chamber is formed by the horizontalpartition 6, the flanges f, the side wall, and the top of thevalve-chamber. This is a single chamber, without any partition in it.The fixed part E of the delivery-tube is made double, having a centralopening, Z, designed for the passage of the fluid, and a chamber, m,surrounding this part, which is closed at the bottom.

F is a sliding tube, which is also made double, as shown, one part, a,extending down into the passage Z, and the other part, 0, extending intothe chamber m.

G is an air-chamber at the top of the sliding tube F, into which theinner portion, m, thereof opens.

p is an outlet-passage from the chamber G, having an opening on itsunder side, near its outer end.

H is a double delivery-nozzle arranged to rotate upon p. Each of thedelivery-nozzles q q communicates with the opening in the delivery-tubep when in the properposition, the

opening into one being always closed.

t 1s an alr-pipe the inner end of which opens into the air-chamber G,near its top. The other end, as shown,'is located near thedelivery-nozzle.

I is a cover over the central opening in the top of the can, having init an opening to receive the upper end of the delivery-tube E, andthrough which the sliding tube F also passes. This cover is providedwith a central hole, through which any waste may fiow back into the can.The valve-rod D also passes through it, and then is bent at rightangles, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the outer end of the bent portionbeing provided with a handle, 8, for operating the rod.

J is ahinged cover, and Kis abail or handle.

The operation is as follows: The vessel to be filled is to be placed onthe cover I, beneath the delivery-spout, and by means of the slidingportion F of the delivery-tube it can be adjusted to vessels ofdifferent heights, so that the delivery-nozzle will enter the top of alamp or bottle or other article. By taking hold of the handle 3 thevalve-rod D can be partially rotated first in one direction and then inthe other, and it will be brought alternately in contact with theflanges f f, forcing theoil alternately through the valves h h into thechamber L, from which it will flow through the delivery-spout to thevessel to be filled.

Oil will alternately pass from the can into the valve-chamber B throughthe valves 9 9. By making the portion of the delivery-tube E which iswithin the can double, as described, and placing the sliding tube Ftherein, such tube F can be raised without carrying up with it any oil,and thus the exposed portion of the delivery-tube will be kept clean,and oil will not overflow as the tube is raised and lowered.

It will be found convenient in use to have the double nozzle described,one of which can be used in filling quite small vessels and the other infilling those of alarger size,the change being made simply by giving thedouble nozzle H a half-rotation on p. The sliding delivery-tube,protected as described,will be found especially useful when used withheavy fluids.

We have described the can as an oil-can, but it may be used for holdingany fluid to which it is adapted.

The can,with the pumping device described, will be found convenient forfamily use, grocers, druggists, and others.

A double delivery-tube similar to E and the sliding tube F are adaptedto be used in connection with pumping devices other than those beforedescribed, and in Fig. 1 we have shown one modification in which suchdelivcry-tube is adapted to be used with a pump having a piston-rod andpiston moving vertically, as is common. In this figure, a represents anordinary pump. b is asiph0n-tube, such as is shown in the patentheretofore granted to me, No. 315,552. E corresponds with E, heretoforedescribed, and F corresponds with F.

The operation of the sliding tube when used as shown in Fig. 1 is thesame as before described.

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the pumping devices of an oil-can or otherfluid-receptacle, a delivery tube, E, consisting of an inner tube, Z,open at both ends, and an inclosing case forming a chamber, m, closed atits lower end and open at its upper end, in combination with a slidingdouble tube, F, air-chamber G, and delivery-tube p, substantially as andfor the purpose specified.

MAROIUS O. RICHARDS. JULIUS F. RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

L. H. DAY, D. W. SIMPsoN.

